15 FREE Things to Do in St. Augustine – A Travel Guide

America’s Oldest City | St Augustine, Florida

Tutankhamen and Highclere Castle

St Anne and St Agnes

Did you know that the Lutheran Church is the largest Protestant denomination in the world with more than 58 million members, but there are only about 50,000 Lutherans in the United Kingdom.  The Lutheran Church in the City of London is St. Anne & St. Agnes.

St Anne and St Agnes in London, England

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  Sanford, 1918 – Converted Elks Club, built in 1913, Arch- L. Percival Hutton.

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Central Florida Roadtrip – Sanford, Florida

Sanford is in Seminole County  set on the south shore of Lake Monroe, which is formed by the flowing waters of the St. John’s RIver—One of the few major rivers in the world that flows north.  It is county seat of Seminole county and has a pleasant downtown set in buildings that speak of its history in this area.

Historic Downtown Sanford Visitors Guide

But before there was Sanford the area was the site of Ft. Melon established in the 1830’s, named after Captain Charles Mellon who had been killed by the Seminole’–that the Fort was set her to protect the white settlers from.

• Hikes near Sanford/Florida Hikes

By 1845 Florida had become a state and settlers began to come in with the movement of the Seminole further south.  But it wasn’t until Shelton Sanford, a former Minister for the US government to Belgium, purchased land here in  the post Civil War South.  He named the community after himself and when he had difficulty over employing the locals (he after all was a Yankee), he arranged for a group of Swedes to come to Florida to help set up the orange groves he planned to help finance his town’s success.  Freezes in the later years changed Sanford’s direction and by the early 1900’s it was a major producer of produce—but it’s name Celery City advised that Citrus was no longer it’s major crop,

Sanford FL is a great place to visit with lots of things to do!

In 1913 Seminole Country was cut out of Orange through the efforts of Forrest Lake—a several time mayor and a state representative for a few years as well.  Sanford became the county seat and has remained so ever since.

Shopping in Sanford

Sanford today has many restaurants, an art gallery, a museum with the town history outlined for all to see.  The historical post office is now the visitor’s center and  there’s also a book store with a nice vintage music section to name a few things that might interest you.

12 Things We LOVE About Downtown Sanford, Florida | Brews, Art, and Gourmet Marshmallows

Beautiful Corbridge Northumberland Hadrian’s Wall Country

Corbridge, UK    is an ancient capital of Northumbia and a famous Roman Town.  It is about 3 miles from Hexham.  It is entered on a bridge of 7 arches built in 1674 with splendid views.  Corner Church yard Pele Tower –14th c was the resident of early vicars.  The town was founded in Saxon times—Roman stones were used to construct the village buildings.  The streets today are much as they were in Medieval times with shops, pubs and coffee shops.  The aforementioned bridge is 17th century and is the only bridge on the Tyne to withstand floods in 1771.

26 July 11am – Historial tour of Corbridge

$3,000 – $3,700

48 Hours in Boston – Discover the Best

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Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science

Antiques, nature trail, artifacts, Brevard County history exhibits

2201 Michigan Ave, Cocoa Florida

10 Things to Do in Cocoa Beach, Florida

The Bars or at least a few of Key West

Hammerhead’s was described in the day as a locals bar with  “a softer image, more of a restaurant feel with jazz, so people can sit and enjoy some food and talk>  Key West Citizen.

I love the name of it’s larger–Lazy Lizard.  they even had one dedicated to Ernest Hemingway. and there was an old U-boat on their premises at 211 Duval   They had a local’s night every Wed. with free food and drink specials.

But alas Hammerhead’s is no more–the building is now the Home of Irish Kevin’s Bar and Restaurant.    

Key West is an expensive town to live and work in and as we see lots of places new businesses often fail—I’m not sure how long they were open but they are gone now.

2020 Key West Travel – Duval Street – Carolines – Irish Kevins

When  Hooters came to Key West not all of the town were ready for it.  They already had a Planet Hollywood and a Hard Rock Cafe on Duval Street and many of the local business men were not eager for another corporate presence to rob Duval of it’s home town uniqueness —well that part was my feelings as well.  3 years before this invasion Key West Bight had block their attempt to open a restaurant at the airport.

A city commissioner at the time   : Carmen Turner said “Key West has, or used to have, a quirky, funky, small-town, kind of atmosphere.  I don’t think we’ve done a good job of managing that and maintaining it.”

But like Hammerhead’s—This too has passed and while there are still Hooter sites in mainland Florida—the one in Key West no longer exists.   It has been replaced by  Fogarty’s, 

Key West Florida – Fogarty’s On Duval St

The Schooner Wharf bar was on Key West Bight

it set along the wharf and in 1992 the marina here held the largest fleet of vintage wooden boats in the southeastern United states.  It was established her in 1886 well before they had named the area the Key West Historic Seaport.

The Worthingtons, Paul (Cape Codand wife Evaena (Sweden), the couple who founded the bar came here on the Defiance (an 83′ schooner—it is it’s image that appeared on the Tee shirts and other merchandise sold the bar.    Infact the first bar they opened here was aboard the Diamant, a 120 ft. schooner in 1986.  By 1988 they had moved to to dry land.

The bar was not high tech or great architecture—there was a cement slab and a gravel parking lot.  while a diving board substituted for a bar top.  while the alcohol was in filing cabinets and beer in coolers.  This gradually devloped into a building wth the owner’s living upstairs and eventually a restaurant was added in 1996.

They added a stage which I remember listening to singers.  And the port held the Western Union which was one of the schooners we did cruises on.  It was heavenly

And now I know you’re waiting for the decree of the end—but n the Schooner Wharf is still there still selling food and booze and still making locals and tourists (as well as people like my husband and me that were there so often they called us temporary locals at the Green Parrot.

Schooner Wharf Bar, the Key West Bight and Parking

Greyfriars and Blackfriars (In Our Time)

Blackfriars in London is named after the religious order whose monastery once stood close by..

London Pubs: The Black Friar

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

This sweet and furry release features heartwarming high definition footage of over fifty kittens of various breeds, engaging in behavior ranging from sleepy and quiet, to playful and rambunctious. The release also features three sing-along kitten songs.

Cute Kittens Doing Funny Things 2020 🐱 #3 Cutest Cats

7 FILMS SET IN SCOTLAND YOU NEED ON YOUR WATCH LIST

Loch of the Dead by Oscar De Muriel

Edinburgh’s most famed detective duo – “Nine-Nails” McGray and Inspector Ian Frey – face their most metaphysical mystery yet, as they investigate a series of crimes surrounding the miraculous waters in the remote Loch Maree.  A mysterious woman pleads for the help of Inspectors Frey and “Nine-Nails” McGray. Her son, illegitimate scion of the Koloman family, has received an anonymous death threat – right after learning he is to inherit the best part of a vast wine-producing estate.  In exchange for their protection, she offers McGray the ultimate cure for his sister, who has been locked in an insane asylum after brutally murdering their parents: the miraculous waters that spring from a small island in the remote Loch Maree.  Murder and increasingly bizarre happenings will intermingle throughout this trip to the Highlands, before Frey and McGray learn a terrible truth.

Scotland’s Highlands

Rod Steiger , Al Capone 1959, Film Noir

On Turner Classic Movies

So lately what I’ve been trying to do is find you things to do to keep as sane as that diagnosis is for you—thru all manners of DVDs, Books, videos–you name it—-so now I’ll suggest somethings for your intelligence as well as your sanity:

‘Washington’ – trailer for TV Series on History Channel

Let’s look at some TV that offers you history of all kinds:

The Smithsonian offers everything from trivia to real history

here’s some examples:

Private Lives of Monarchs:   Queen Victoria—this presents the queen as a much more interesting person who was much racier than later records showed—which they postulate were altered by later officials of the crown to ensure a spotless reputation—they mention her Scottish horse master and her Indian gentlemen as example of what might be more than everyone said it was.

Their Secrets Shows are also good—recently they did a feature on a ship wreck which is believed to be Blackbeard’s Ship

And the look into how he wrecked—if he wrecked or intentionally sank the ship and allot of interesting facts about the pirate’s history as well as info on his crew and more.

Also America in Color 1920 and 30’s (two shows) that take you thru the roaring days of probation and the crime that went along with it and the the Great Depression are excellent and take you thru the time with news reels and the like that have been converted to color.

Lincoln’s Washington at War dealing with all manner  of life and history in Washington during the Civil War and Lincoln almost getting himself killed and don’t forget his dream about his own death.

These Hidden Tunnels And Stairways Helped Al Capone Evade Arrest

Mangroves – Guardians of the Coast

Spuds for Splinters:  Potatoes can help to pull out splinters that are embedded too deep in your skin to extricate with tweezers.  Peel and wash a thumb-sized piece of a white or red potato and grate it (don’t use a sweet potato, it is too moist and sugary to attract liquid),.  Place the potato gratings into a piece of gauze bandage, wrap the gauze so the potato bits won’t fall out, and tape it to the area over the splinter.  Leave it for a few hours or overnight if possible, so the potato has time to dry.  As the potato dries, it draws bodily fluids to it,  That moisture carries the splinter to the surface so that it is easier to remove.

Book of Home Remedies

The Mayo Clinic Diet: A weight-loss program for life

   today we’re doing out and about in Florida Places you may not have heard about—or don’t know much about and like that.

St. Augustine, Florida- Perfect 48 Hour Travel Guide !

ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA – THE OLDEST CITY in AMERICA (vlog)

Before the arrival of the first white settlers in the Goldenrod area, the last of the Indians had already been chased away by the Seminole Indian wars.  During the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War, Florida came under federal military rule.  By 1866 land in Florida was available under a more favorable federal enactment, the Homestead Act of 1862.

Goldenrod, Florida.

Goldenrod is noted for being the largest community in Central Florida that never became a city and was even splint in two when a new count was developed.   it is situated east of Winter Park to Dean Road (or possibly beyond and south of Red Bug Rd almost to SR 50.

The first settlers arrived in 1870, they raised cattle while harvesting the local lumber and planted citrus.  1875 is when the first and transaction was recorded and settlers came into the area on oxcarts along a path that followed (approximately) Tuskawilla Rd to the south side of Lake Jessup ad on to George Brantley’s.

By the 1890s there was a rail road across the area named the Orlando and Winter Park Railway.  It continued north to Oviedo.

The community was named for the masses of late summer and early fall flowers that covered the area.

By 1913 Seminole county was born and cut from Orange count and as I mentioned before it cut the community in two—but talks in the 1950s and 60s for incorporation to avoid annexation nothing ever came of it.

Today it still sits in central  Florida  a census-designated place (CDP) in Orange and Seminole counties in the U.S. state of Florida. The population was 12,039 at the 2010 census. 

It has a chamber of commerce, its own historical society with a museum, a post office, garden club and civic center.

Most Popular Places near Goldenrod, FL

The most recent document discussing the name of Grassy Key is the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey letter for project HT 156 (1935-1936). The letter shows the name “Grassy Key” at Page 2 of Sheet No. 15. The letter states that “Local information states that the Key was named after an old settler and not because it was partially covered with grass.” A note to the letter states that Grassy Key had that name in an 1855 wrecker’s court record for the burning of the ship Concordia. However, I have a poor copy of the Concordia wreck letter and I believe it reads “Crawl Key.”

History of Grassy Key

Grassy Key Outpost – Marathon, Florida, The Florida Keys – a Conch Records video production

And now my favorite thing

Change the subject without any apparent reason why

Welcome to Grassy  Key (MM 59)

Home base of the Dolphin Research Center which offers educational programs including back country field trips ad dolphin swims.

Also in this area and for the ext few mile there is a bike path that winds along the mangrove swamps that edge the highway..  If you plan ride this be sure to stock up on cold beverages as there are few stores to purchase anything like that until you get to the Days Inn and Marina at MM 54.

Grassy Key Fun

Latest UF National Rankings

UF general information

A 4K Tour of the University of Florida

Gainesville is an interesting city in northern central Florida—but today I thought we’d just get into something that is large on its own but contained, mostly, within the city—The University of Florida

Samuel P. Harin Museum of Art

at University of Florida

Visiting

The Museum features a unique blend of presentations, international works, special museum visitor comforts and hands-on educational opportunities.  There are permanent African, Indochina and Asian exhibits

The Post modern building was completed in 1990.

University Gallery

Visit

Fine Arts Building.

There’s a strong sense of being there, finding parking and the gallery itself can be a problem if you’re not use to the university campus

The Focus Gallery is located in the same complex but across the walkway from Building D.    It tends to offer one person shows, often students.

The Museum of National History

Newell Dr  at corner Museum Rd.

Visit

Replica of a Mayan palace.  Florida cave which is complete with cave critters  The museum has one of the largest natural collections in the USA.

COME SEE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD
THE WAY WE ALWAYS DO – AS GATORS

Elvis Presley in Inglis

During July and August 1961, Elvis Presley spent his summer in Inglis and the surrounding areas filming his movie Follow That Dream. A historical marker on Follow That Dream Parkway in Inglis commemorates this event.

Follow The Dream, Inglis / Yankeetown, Florida – Levy Park

Inglis in Levy County

The town just “sprang” up at the river’s mouth, which at that time was the “intersection of Withlocoochee and Gulf.

It was named Port Inglis,  for a Captain John Inglis,  a Civil War hero whose family reportedly came from Glasglow, Scotland who skippered a ship from Spain to the river here.

It was later that a chemical plant was built 8 mile u the river from here which was originally named Blind Horse (don’t ask).  As the roadways developed and shipping declined and with it the Port of Inglis.  However Blind Horse, now Inglis continued to grow and is still a community to this day.

Inglis Florida

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Kenansville:  Most Floridians know the town as the home of the Heartbreak Hotel. Rumor has it that Elvis stayed there and named his song after the place.  The truth is the owner of the hotel liked the song and named his hotel after it.

Wild Florida Safari Park Full Tour – Kenansville, FL

I have taken Friends to Kenansville, several times===it is old Florida and a place frozen in town…….it has a safari Park not far away  as you can see in the YouTube above.

The first settlers came here in 1818 and named it Whitler (Brevard Co.).  It set in the wilds of the Kissimmee River prairie.

Heartbreak Hotel:  Kenansville, Florida

Not much happened in the area until Flagler built his Florida East Coast Railroad construction of a 90 mile route between New Smyrna and Okeechobee in 1911.   It passed % 1 1/2  and  $6,000     to build a brick school house with an auditorium to replace the small wood-frame school at Whittler.  The community adopted the new name to honor the home town of Flagler’s third wife,  Mary Lily Kenan of Kenanville, NC.

Flagler’s first wife died and his second wife Ida Alice Shurds, was committed for insanity  His affair with Mary and his legal manipulations  and some say bribes to the Florida legislature resulted in both a major scandal and a divorce eventually and a new marriage to Mary just days after the court ruling.  She remained married to him until his death in 1913.

Top Selling Tours & Activities in and around Kenansville

The Florida Trail

111.3 miles. Fort Pierce, Kenansville, Lake Wales, Okeechobee, Port St. Lucie, Sebring, Yeehaw Junction

goes thru this area with some of the trails running through beautiful clearings of shrouded giant oaks with deer or wild pigs.

Prairie Lakes State Preserve 

is 11 miles from Kenansvile and opened from 8 am – Sunset

Exploring a Florida Ghost Town | Old School House & Original Post Office of Kenansville, FL

History of our Communities: Gabriella

The Oldest Wooden School House dates back to the early 18th century and is located on St. George Street by the City Gate. Visitors to the Oldest Wooden School House can tour the property and become acquainted with the daily life of colonial school children.

The main picture

This is the oldest Catholic Church in the city, of St. Augustine and the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine. The architecture of the Cathedral is inspired by the city’s Spanish roots.  The     cathedral walls are adorned with exquisite murals that depict scenes from the history of the Catholic Church in the development of the New World. There are also stained glass windows showing scenes from the life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, for whom the city was named.  Guided tours are offered throughout the day, and visitors are welcome to light candles for loved ones at any time. Mass is celebrated at 7:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday.

CONVERSATION HEART RICE KRISPIE TREATS

Valentines day really didn’t beat May day in ancient time:  What has vanished, from the celebration of May Day,  are the fertility rites that accompanied the raising of the Beltane May pole that once continued unabashed and unashamed throughout the entire month of May.  Marriage vows were considered to be in abeyance and enthusiastic promiscuity was the duty of every pious worshiper.

No Valentine? No Problem! Here Are 25 Romantic Comedies for All the Single Ladies 

Sailing is always Romantic to me—this is a sunset sail off Key West.

Key West LIVE 🌅 Sunset Walk at Truman Waterfront

12 ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day #lockdown​ style

More on the Ciggie Tour

As I said last time we went thru the horror of 9/11 and on the other side try to adjust to a new world reality and we told Camel that yes we were still going….and started getting things ready for the trip and going to a different country—the first time I’d done that before…unless you count Canada when I lived in Michigan.

One change I found from 9/11 was the fact that the demand for pass ports seem to greatly decline—-we had been told to get a first pass port we needed to put everything in a few months early to be sure we got them prior to the trip.  So we did and had in our house all ready to go in less than 2 weeks….WoW…

We checked out what to do and I began to make reservations for myself—for while Mike would agree to the 6 days and 5 nights—he had a business and just couldn’t stay longer—and besides he was only going so I could make the trip so……

more next week

Royal Romances of The British Monarchy

The word chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse.  The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privileges of bearing arms.  This privilege was conferred on youths of family and fortune only, for the mass of the people were not furnished with arms.  The knight, then was a mounted warrior, a man of rank, or in the service and maintenance of some man of rank, generally possessing some independent means of support, but often relying mainly on gratitude of those whom he served for the supply of his wants, and often, no doubt, resorting to the means which power confers on its possessor.

Bulfinches Mythology:  the Age of Chivalry

Hidden London: The Strange Story of Bleeding Heart Yard

Valentine alternatives–for those over love and kisses:

Born: January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York
Died: January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Florida
Nicknames: Scarface, Snorky, the Big Guy, Big Al
Associations: Johnny Torrio, Jim Colosimo, Lucky Luciano, the Outfit, Bugs Moran

Icon:  Al Capone

on PBS—give you a St. Valentines Day that isn’t all hearts and     flower—more like bullets and bodies….it tells Capone’s life and how he is an Icon in a day when few Americans could name another famous person from that day–a nice group of people including his niece  who remembers him—a monster celebrity —a fore runner of some of the popular crime lords that are known to us in more modern times.  The hero worship of the anti-hero.

Angel Heart

While the name sounds like a perfect fit for Valentines day I warn you that this movie is one that inserts the knife in you back and twists it—it is a about a private eye who is hired by the character played by Robert DeNiro—and trust me this is the part that he played that stuck in my mind more than others—-it is a a dark and gloomy movie that is fantastic in my mind even though it has left a dark memory in the corner of my mind.  It is only for the strong of heart with lots of lights in their house.  Angel Heart

the best I could find on the history of the day:

The History Channel’s History Of Valentine’s Day

Chicago Mafia & Al Capone in «The St. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE» // Full Movie Based On True Story

Amelia Island is plunked down between a marsh line stretch of Intra-coastal waterway and the Atlantic, so one of the islands chief calling cards is the beach.  Its strands get better and wilder–the further south you go.

“VALENTINE’S DAY IS FOR COUPLES. US SINGLES HAVE THE OTHER 364 DAYS OF THE YEAR TO ENJOY OURSELVES!”

Outfit Ideas for Valentines or other Date Times/Nights

The Savoy

The Savoy London, was originally opened in 1889 by the renowned impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte.  It is only luxury hotel on the Thames.  The hotel has been described as an ultra-modern hotel wrapped in an Art Deco and Edwardian dream.

VALENTINE’S DAY SAVOY STYLE

Hungry for History – Henry Plant:19th Century Visionary, the Plant System and Savannah

Exotic Beauty that still Lives on in Tampa

Most people who think of coming to Florida think of the parks—in Tampa there’s Bush Gardens with its huge collection of animals, rides and adventures—–But Tampa has been around for years that the tourists often miss learning about.  So today I’ll tell you a bit about a place that might change your mind about the City on the Bay.

Tampa was just getting started during this time and Henry B. Plant put in some rail roads into the area and inspired by or wanting to out shine Flagler who developed the eat coast with a fantastic hotel in St Augustine and then on to Palm Beach where he developed the city and another fairy tale hotel as well as a home for himself and then on to build a railway, which is now the Over Seas Highway (with many bridges) from Island to Island in the Florida Keys and another of those fantastic hotel in Key West.

Plant was never to meet the amazing vision and accomplishments of Flagler—But he did build trains to Tampa which at the time was a small non-developed area setting rather isolated near the bay.  He built the train tracks in and connected the developing Ybor City and it’s cigar factories to the rest of Florida.    He went on to build this hotel which opened in January 1891 which was to become one of America’s premier winter resort.  Legend says that Plant sent a telegram to invite Flagler to his new hotel in Tampa.  Flager’s reply also by telegram:  “Where’s Tampa”.

The final hotel was huge being a quarter-mile in length and reportedly having 500 guest rooms.  There was a domed dining room, a solarium even a galleried entry rotunda.  It was the height of sophistication with telephone service in each room.  .  There were tennis courts, a golf course and even quail shooting on the grounds.

If you look at the picture above you will see the building that John A. Wood built that look of Turkish or Moorish origins—unlike anything else you see in the country—even in our current age.   In 1898 during the Spanish American Teddy Roosevelt stayed here prior to his company departing to Cuba and his Rough Riders were often seen carrying out maneuvers and the like on the grounds of the hotel

Today the hotel is part of the University of Tampa—but happily the original building stands all it classic lines—a reminder of its beautiful and original beginnings—today much of it holds college designated inside space..  But the building still holds a museum that shows you what the hotel once was.

Which includes

Former Writing and Reading rooms (a room used by men only for news paper reading) restored with original furnishings,  with a video that introduces you to the hotel’s history.

Spanish American War Room

Tells the story of the hotel’s part in the war (at that time Tampa was the city nearest Cuba with bot rail and port.).

Parlor Suite

This room at various times was occupied by Sarah Bernhardt,, Babe Ruth and Thomas Edison to name a few—they were said to enjoy luxurious yet quiet elegance.

The remander of the rooms show a variety of the places like the hotel’s gardens and tries to reproduce the life in that time.  There are various special exhibition during the year and an annual Victorian Christmas Stroll to assist with this.

Henry B Plant – The Man – Plant City Photo Archives Plant City Florida

Romantic Things To Do in Key West

The oldest record of a valentine being sent, according to History.com, was a poem written by a French medieval duke named Charles to his wife in 1415. Charles penned this sweet note to his lover while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London at just 21 years old. One of the lines in the poem? “I am already sick of love, My very gentle Valentine.

9 Valentine’s Day Horror Movies to Watch When You’re Horrified by Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day in Germany – 10 FUN FACTS!!! 🙂

Wooden structures of an early Iron Age have been found at RIchmond Terrace, Westminster and there is evidence of a submerged forest at Bankside and a votive object was found under the edge of Dagham Marshes, it had been underground for almost 4,500 years.

27 Romantic Things to Do on Valentine’s Day That You’ll Never Forget

Hugh Grant talks to Joe Leydon about “Notting Hill”

So is every body ready for Valentine’s Day—-it’s Sunday in case you forgot.  So what are you doing—–I don’t have a significant other so I don’t get or give much for the holiday.,   BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR ADVENTURES—-someone has to be doing something some time???? OR NOT!!!!!

Have been trying to get signed up for the vaccine—two of my friends have had both shots and several more are signed up to get injections net week—but I never hear back from anyone and I was on one site for an hour and 15 min before they finally gave away all the appointments for the next weeks but none could be spared to me—-It’s just not my week I guess…..Hope you’re getting all set for ending this mess for you at least….GOOD LUCK

But is your favorite drippy romance—I like Notting Hill where Hugh Grant falls in love with a very neurotic movie star played by Julia Roberts a movie start who comes and goes from his life—it’s kinda reversal on the roles—With Grant being love struck—a usually more feminine sentiment and Roberts playing the commitment shy more male inconsistencies.  But it still remains the one I watch when I get down and out.

Hugh Grant Revisits Notting Hill… and Invites You for Tea // Omaze

This is a 2018 contest but it’s fun anyway

Movie Star Bios – Hugh Grant

Walk into the Green Parrot bar at the corner of Southard and Whitehead street s and you leave everything els behind, even your own identity.  From shrimpers to celebrities this chameleon like bar transforms itsel into whatever its customers are.  Unpretentious, it attracts everyone.  It’s my favorite in Key West–they treated us well there.

Valentine’s Day in Paris, the city of love. A touch of French romance.

ITALIAN VALENTINE’S DAY TRADITIONS

How do people celebrate Valentine’s Day in the UK?

During the winter months wild birds have a harder time finding food to eat.  Putting out bird feeders will help keep the birds happy and full all winter long.  If yu have a water supply for a bird bath for wild birds, be sure to check them daily and remove any ice that may have formed as this an prevent the birds from drinking.  .

VALENTINE’S DAY: ROMANTIC IRISH TRADITIONS

VALENTINE’S DAY IN EDINBURGH

which is where this picture was taken

Valentine’s TRULY THE TIME TO NETFLIX AND CHILL

55 Romantic Movies to Stream at Home This Valentine’s Day

7 Tips On Staying Motivated and Positive During Lockdown

Hawthorne Hotel – All You Need to Know in One Minute | Salem Spotlight

   The Hawthorne Tree:  Associated with the sacred and the unlucky.  To destroy this tree puts the person who does so at great risk.  It is symbolized as the Chalice as it too represents divine secrets and everlasting life.

Jacksonville Beach

Golden sands and deep blue ocean.  It is said to be less commerical than Daytona Beach.

Adventure Landing – Jacksonville, FL – September 2019

Beaches Museum & History Park in Jacksonville

You May Be Surprised To Learn These 10 Famous People Are From Jacksonville

Jacksonville:  The British gained possession of Florida in 1763, the name was revived by American settlers of Spanish Florida in the early 1800’s.   In 1822, under the urging of Isaiah D. Hart, a settler from south Georgia, a town site was surveyed.  Newman, Market, Liberty, Washington Streets were laid out and named crossing these Bay, Forsyth, Adams, Monroe and Duval formed a 20 block area,  Snodgrass (1969) reports John Warren, a settler who had served under Andrew Jackson as a soldier, suggested Jacksonville as the name, and this name was agreed upon without dissent..

The Hidden History of Jacksonville

Jacksonville

40 miles north of St. Augustine, Jacksonville is more a working class city, a sprawling megalopolis that may one day rival Atlanta as the industrial hub of the south.

Jacksonville, Florida “City Guide” travel destination video

Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Full Tour Part 1 – Jacksonville, Florida

8605 Zoo Road—Jacksonville (of course)

73 acre zoo and botanical park.

Plains of East Africa (17 acres)

Zoo Train–the General

Baby animal nursery, children’s zoo.

Wet land elevated board walk

Birds of prey

Kingsley Plantation – Fort George Island – Jacksonville, FL

11676 Palmetto Ave

Cotton and  other crops were cultivated in 18 and 19th c.  Preserved and interpreted by the National Park Service —Part of Timuacuan Ecological and History Preserve

MOSH Museum of Science & History , Jacksonville Florida .

1025 Museum Circle

Natural and physical science and history exhibits include an Allosaurus skeleton, marsh room with live animals, log cabin room, and science theater.  Also Alexander Brest Planetarium.

The Cummer Museum’s Historic Gardens

829 Riverside Ave

Paintings by American an European masters, sculpture, prints and tapestries.  Oriental art and early Meissen Porcelain.  Guided Tours.

History of Mayport and Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville:  With so much known about how and why Jacksonville was named, the tantalizing fact is that so far no record has been found of the exact date in June 1822 when the city officially came into being.  Probably the events were spread over number of days.   Every city mus have a birthday, however, so Jacksonville has selected June 15, the date when the settlers petitioned Congress for recognition as a point of entry.  Jacksonville is the county seat of Duval Co.

Discover Jacksonville | Start Here | San Marco

Life on the St Johns River Florida

This river has had 5 names over the known history of it (that’s for the entire length–there have been others for shorter sections.

1.Welaka or Ylacca 

Mayaca Indian Shell Midden on The St. Johns River

(same pronunciation—whatever that is)

which was the earliest name we know—given by the native Americans who lived here many moons ago.

2,  Rio de Corrientes

Florida Travel: Take a River Boat Trip on the St. Johns River

The Spanish called it “River of Currents”  because of how it clashed with the surf at the river’s mouth.

3.  Rivere de Mai

French Landing Blue Springs

French explorer entered the St. Johns on the first of May and hence the name.

4.  San Mateo

History of Fort Caroline

Another Spanish explorer captured the French fort of Caroline and renamed both for and river

5.  San Juan 

Alligators, Manatees & Nature – St. Johns River Cruise Part 3 | Cruising m/v Y-Not

About 1590 the Spanish mission San Juan del Puerto (St. John of the harbor). was established and ultimately gave its name in shortened form, to the river.

For a time in the mid-1700’s, both San Mateo and San Juan were shown on the same Florida maps as two names for one river.

It was during the British period in Florida (20 years) 1763-1783, that San Juan finally became St. John’s and since has remained the same, except for dropping of the apostrophe.

A 48 Hour Guide to Dorset

West Dorset:  Historic roots are buried deep beyond Anglo-Saxon and Roman influences, earlier than the Iron Age settlements at Maiden Castle and Poundbury.  Walk the beaches of Charmouth and you step back to the Jarassic period, when early fossils were formed.  Historic houses welcome visitors to past glories and present splendors: Tolpuddle stands witness to the harsh treatment of the first union men: while The Cobb at Lyme Regis shares history with Edward III and the Duke of Monmouth.

Secrets of Dorset

Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour

Winter Park was first settled by David Mizell of Alachua Co. in 1836.  There is said to have been a town here called Lakeview, founded in 1858 and rechristened Osceola in 1870.  In 1882 Loring A. Chase and Oliver E. Chapman laid out a new 600 acre town site very much along the lines of New England towns, where they had come from and gave the town its present name because of its veritable park atmosphere in the Winter.  It is one of Orlando’s older, more affluent suburbs.

Morse News

Park Ave is a great place to visit for shopping, and dining and even has Tiffany Glass at The Morris Museum.  

Winter Park – Park Avenue and Central Park Walking Tour

Explore 10 of the Best King Arthur Film Locations in Britain

Brent Knoll is a Celtic “High Place” with humans living here since the Bronze Age.  There was a hill fort during the Iron Age.  Ider (Yder) son of Neth, one of the knights of Arthur came here to slay 3 giants…some think it was the site of the battle of Badon.

History at Home Live! – Tintagel Castle and King Arthur

A 48 hour guide to Cornwall – YouTube

Trewint is a hamlet in Cornwall on Bodmin Moor.  It is the site of Wesley Cottage on Duck Street–the small granite cottage was where John Wesley the founder of the Methodist Religion, which outgrew the site which fell into disuse.  The Isabells, a local couple. gave him shelter on his visits here.  In 1950 this house and two adjoining rooms were restored and open to the public.

Jamaica Inn, Cornwall

More on How Smoking Cigarettes could Cause Travel 

Last time I told you that  we were interrupted by one last thing—and that was a monumental terror—a disgrace to the race.

September 11 Attacks

Yes the US Capital was attached and much was destroyed.  I was on the phone when the second tower was hit by a plane and our conversation moved move the business category we had been discussing to the obvious attack (before it was hit by some crazy pilot—the Empire State Building was year prior to this—we were both shook and he told to stay on the line with him so we could list to the incoming reports together —  I worked out of my home—some of us started that practice much earlier than others—but back then while that was happened normal work was suspended and as the attacks continued my office shut down and sent everyone home anyway.

After that all airline travel was shut down—several friends had to rent cars and drive back t Florida as the choice of flight was no longer an option.  The world was not ever gonna be quite normal again and  we all were traumatized and shell shocked.

Shortly after this the company setting up the trip for us called and surveyed all of us asking if we still wished to go.  I told them yes and they advised they’d let us know if the trip was going to continue as planned in June of 2002.

We’ll look at more next time.

5 Ways September 11 Changed America

Highlights of Roman London

After the Roman invasion, Britons even took on Roman names.  These were easier to use in the sounds and structures of the Latin language but also showed that the Britons had adopted Roman ways and considered themselves part of the Roman World.

BATH ENGLAND Walking Tour | Full Tour of Bath UK – Roman Baths, The Abbey & Royal Crescent

This use to be in Key West—-now its the site of

Caroline’s Cafe

Homemade: DIY Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy:  Grapefruit:  vibrant, light, cheerful.  eases depression and moodiness, inspires joy, humor and cheerfulness

Aromatherapy Uses and Benefits

Getting out in the time of Plague

I know I have encouraged you to stay in and send you info with lots of virtual stuff to help—but there are ways to get out—-above is from the Mount Dora Historical Society is talking about historical sites that one can visit and I thought this was an excellent way to get out—you could drive to Mt. Dora and walk about with a historical guide or walking tour and see the sites around the town.  You could enjoy a picnic lunch or there are several restaurants with out side dining for instance:   Pisces Rising 

to name one of several.  Pisces which has a large dine out side patio area including a large outside bar set up and with nice views of the lake.

Or you can drive about:

Mount Dora: Florida. A Driving Tour of the Beautiful Downtown

But there are tours all over the county—this one is in Gillespie County in Texas:  There is a pamphlet for this Driving Trail tour:

Country Schools in Hill Country

Go to their website for lots more info:

https://www.historicschools.org/

Walking around Downtown Fredericksburg, Texas

and there’s so many more—just google the town and see what you find…..just doing that planning will keep you busy and not so crazy for awhile.

Following In Celtic Footsteps | Britain’s Ancient Tracks (Archeology Documentary) | Timeline

Celtic Oral Tradition—everything was oral until the early Christians.  It was considered improper to commit studies to writing, in fact it was religiously prohibited..  Celt was Keltoi:  The Secret People.

Winter Park Florida Ye Olde Hometown Christmas Parade 2019

Winter Park, Fl:  1891 the Henkel Block opens on Park Ave with five stores , a boarding hourse and a doctor’s office.  Fifteen street lams, fueled by oil are placed downtown.  In 1985 a clay road is built between Orlando and Winter Park  It is extended to Maitland the next year.

LONDON WALK on Sherlock Holmes’ Baker Street from Grosvenor Square incl. Madame Tussauds | England

Another way to escape the Lock down is to find something to take you mind off it all.

How abut a Classic Mystery with a detective that defines the genre—and his friend Dr. Watson—-Yes of course Sherlock Holmes and my favorite Holmes is Basil Rathbone.  I most recently it saw them in the 1944 Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw––the Movie channel has his adventures on every Sunday morning at 7 or 7:30, it varies occassionally.  Here Holmes is in Canada in a village where there has been a series of killings blamed on a monster.

If you want a good Cop show try Crossing the Line-–involving a group of International officers including Donald Sutherland as one of the stars.  The one I saw was involving human trafficking .  Oh and its on Ovation.

OK how about a bit less of the murders—-Maybe a historical bit with the Royals:

There’s the Private Life of the Windsors:

I watched Edward Advocates and Bertie take over, they’re interesting and the Smithsonian does a good job of giving you the whole story—-I you enjoy history or follow the Brit’s ruling class or just want to try something new I recommend you try this one.

Historic Royal Palaces

Can birds predict the weather?

Proverb:  If crows fly in pairs, expect fine weather; a crow flying alone  is a sign of foul weather.

Can Animals Predict an Earthquake?

Three Orthodox Monasteries of Russia

The Orthodox Influence of the Monk In Czarist Russia

Like many of you out there I’m aware of the story of the last Czar of Russian and how greatly he was influenced by the Monk Rasputin-–and how this helped to seal the end of  the monarchy in Russia.

But what I didn’t realize just how important these monks were to the Russian Crown over the years.  The Russian Orthodox Church was the national religion.  And the several of these  monks, particularly those with charisma and  miracle abilities, were very powerful–even Ivan IV (The Terrible) was open to their advise and directions.  And this was not changed even in later and more modern thinking Czars as as we are aware this was obviously a great deal to do with the fall of the last Czar and his family.

Inside the Oldest Moscow Monastery with Different Russia 2019

Underwater robot finds shipwreck with treasure worth up to $17B

A Spanish Galleon lies under the second large piling under the main span of the Sunshine Sky Way bridge, north of the shipping channel.  She is believed to be one of the 1715 fleet that entered Tampa Bay to escape a storm in the Gulf of Mexico but sank anyway.  She was carrying a full load of gold bars and coins bound for Spain.

Top 5 BIGGEST Sunken Treasures Ever Found

Balmorhea Swimming Hole: a West Texas Oasis – The Daytripper     

London:  The Big Bus is a hop-on-hop -off sight-seeing bus with live commentary.  There are three different route.  You can take one or all three for one price for 24 hrs from first using it..  This is a good way to see the highlights in a hurry.  Walking is better of course!

London: Big Bus Tour Ride Around London

30 Mins ☯ Relaxing Meditation Music to Ease Stress and Anxiety, Destress, Antistress

Just a bit from me

Things are looking up and though the process isn’t as fast as we would like—but we need patience and to continue wearing those masks, social distancing and don’t forgot to wash your hands—-stay in for a bit longer—this stuff is real and it CAN kill you—-and nobody needs that —-and it’s not a fun thing to go thru even if you do survive—so treat yourself to life and health—-you’ll be glad you did.

This is a primary reason why my blog is what it is why now—giving you fun and alternatives and  virtual places to go, where you shouldn’t find any viral infections if you stay home and distance your self and all that good stuff. while you’re partaking of them.

I hope that you all are hanging in there and keeping sane (or as sane as your character tolerates—-remember this will make us stronger—and think how happy we will be when we’re allowed out again…..that will be glorious now won’t it?!!

14 Cool Things To Do When You Are Bored

The Haunted Landscape: Fairies – A Dangerous History (at Conway Hall)

It is said that in days gone by people who wanted to see Fairies made marigold water from the blossoms and rubbed the mixture on their eyes.

Best Places That Feel Like a Fairy Tale

Key West Lodging Is Varied Enough To Fit All Key West Vacation Plans

To Stay in Key West

Key West has more than a few claims to fame like it’s the Southern Most City in the USA.  It’s residents (that were born here) are called Conchs after a sea creature that can be found off the coast.  The island is known for it’s laid back, rather (and then some) off beat living and for the number or restaurants they have per inhabitant.  They are also known for their large assortment of fine accommodations—especially B&Bs and Guest Houses.

Alexander Palm Court

715 South Street

This is an accommodations that date to the 50’s are comfortable and fun.

Private compound.  Daily maid service, Pool and jacuzzi.

Alexander’s Guest House

1118 Fleming St,

LGBTQ guesthouse  welcome ALL Friends of The LGBTQ Community.

Alexander’s Guesthouse Your Own Peace of Paradise

80 Tarot Youtube Channels For Tarot Card Readers

Tarot:  Three of Pentacles:  This teaches attainment through effort and marks achievement in the working area.  It advises us to keep the pressure on so you maintain momentum, and pay attention to detail.  It sometimes marks a period where all energies will be channeled into one project to the exclusion of everything else

Best safe places to vacation during COVID-19 pandemic …

20 min Full Body STRETCH/YOGA for STRESS & ANXIETY Relief

LONDON… A BRIEF HISTORY – YouTube

Discover The Crown filming locations in Britain

The Crown is a historical drama streaming television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.

The Life Of Queen Elizabeth II | Elizabeth at 80: Continuity and Change | Real Royalty

www.castlehoward.co.uk

Virtual Events from National Geographic

The National Geographic Society is a global nonprofit organization committed to exploring and protecting our planet. They fund hundreds of research and conservation projects around the world each year and inspire new generations through our education initiatives and resources.

5 Geography YouTube Channels to Make Homeschooling Come to Life

Back to the Cigarette Travel Memories

So in this episode:  Well as we started working on the trip my hubby decided he didn’t want to go and suggested that I invite my sister.  He’d still supply the bucks and we could split the $400 cash payment (I said $450 before but reviewing the paper work I’ve located (I know I never throw any paperwork away) it was $400).  My sister has also long been interested in England–in fact she went there from the college she was getting her Masters at as an exchange and studied at University of London for a term.

So we started working on that idea—-BUT it rapidly fell apart when we found that it was my husband’s membership and he would have to go—and he could take one adult (21 years of age or older) he wished to—but that it was mandatory that he be one of the 2 person going or I couldn’t go and sorrily my sis was totally out…

So we revamped and my husband known how much I wanted to go bit the bullet and agreed to accompany me and so we signed up and got the deposits paid and then went on to get our passports—-amazingly the drug stores at that time we’re the easiest and fastest place to get them done for a minor payment.  And so we thought we had everything under control—-but alas the worst event of all was to come up about 6 months before our trip with a serious threat.

Tel Aviv is one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Titled the ‘Mediterranean Capital of Cool’ by the New York Times, this is a 24 hour city with a unique pulse, combining sandy Mediterranean beaches with a world-class nightlife, a buzzing cultural scene, incredible food, UNESCO recognized architecture, and an international outlook.

Things to do in Israel | Top Attractions Travel Guide

Joseph of Arimathea and Jesus in Britain

The Chalice Well

Glastonbury

We visited Glastonbury on the trip that I drove in the UK and stayed in a bed and breakfast above a restaurant (where we got our breakfasts in the morning) from which you could see the parking area for Glastonbury Abbey—where I parked after the abbey closed—-when parking was free—had to set the car up along a roadway during the day.

We had some lovely time wandering about the town on our own and plenty of time to see the town (we also drove on to Stonehenge from here as well as visiting Salisbury coming back here for the night).    One of my favorite part of that visit of the town, with its ancient Abbey ruins (can you guess who was responsible for that) with it’s disputed claim to the burial site Of Arthur and his queen—I’m one of the doubter on that.  The Tor is fantastic as well—some claim it is the original island of Avalon (the area was once for the most part underwater.)   Oh but back to my favorite part—the Chalice Gardens and Well.

The well here is legendary for never failing (going dry) even in the middle of droughts.  It might be noted that the Blood Well (the Chalice Well)  and the White Well—also on site are actually springs and they have sources from considerably different area—the Chalice well has a considerable iron content and does appear red from this mineral  The White Well has chalk from its origins making the water look milky at time.

It’s a considerable—for Yanks at least–walk from town to the entrance on the left of Chilkwell Street,.  So I recommend you chexk the shuttle to the entrance  You Enter on a cobblestone path and thru an archway of plants—It is a place dedicated to peaceful contemplation and quiet thought and visitors are requested to respect this when they move about the garden area.

The Yew trees on the site are often seen on church grounds actually go back to pre-Christian Druids—in fact the remains of a Yew tree found on the property near the present well in 1961 was estimated to be 1,800 years old  and at least two surviving Yew Trees are found North east of the town on what is thought to have been a possible ceremonial entrance to the Tor—there are two surviving yews of ancient origins.  There are also 3 ancient thorn tress in the garden which legend has it are related to Joseph of Armathea’s visit to the area.

The water is pure and unpolluted and is tested regularly.  You can purchase containers to collect the water at the entry of the gardens.

Once you leave here you  can walk further from the entrance—-turn left on Wellhouse Lane and then right and take the Footpath to the Tor (or you can take the shuttle to the Tor rather than back downtown.  Also along the lane is the White Spring

Shepton Mallet prison tour (GHOST CAUGHT!!)

Agatha Christie tour London

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE was an English writer known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple

Agatha Christie Crime Drama Mystery Movie – Et Nullus

www.castpaper.com

Story of Vlad The Impaler – All parts

Though Dracula is a purely fictional creation, Stoker named his infamous character after a real person who happened to have a taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is better known — Vlad the Impaler.

Visiting the Dracula Castle in Transylvania, Romania

‘The end of the beginning.’ The dark winter is here and Americans see no end

Just you and me

So is life treating you any better than last time we “talked”—I’d ask if it could get worse, but I have learned not to ask that as it it too much tempting fate–and fate so enjoys trampling on our dreams, kicking our hearts and making mayhem of the plans we have so proudly assembled and worked on facilitating, discussed, dreamed of and now more recently mourned–with only a faint hope that we will sometime return to what passes for a normal life and some enjoyment of it again.

Between my part time remote job and this blog  I am able to keep active and as sane as one can expect considering everything.  I am hopeful that this blog helps my reader stay safe and escape from the four walls that bind—I started this with the intent of getting you all out away from TV, computer whatever and I have managed to go from that to attempting to keep you inside and on the computer—last I heard Covid hasn’t been found to be transmittable on the internet.  Do you think that if we return to what we once considered normal that we will be able to return to THE WAY WE WERE????.  That things that made us happy then and the plans that we made and the changes we hoped for will any longer work for us?

I know that I so hope to return to public—but will have to make adjustments from what I have now.  I will so love to breather without fogging my gasses.  But I understand that my feelings of seclusion have come to support my feelings of being safe and secure for my future.  It may take awhile for me to get use to going out more than once a week.  I know my cats will be relieved to have the house back again for extended periods, but they will miss their extra treats.

What’s your thought on all this?

Come on—let me know please

Will we ever get ‘back to normal’ after COVID-19?

Versailles after the French Revolution

French Revolution, also called Revolution of 1789, revolutionary movement that shook France between 1787 and 1799 and reached its first climax there in 1789—hence the conventional term “Revolution of 1789,” denoting the end of the ancien régime in France and serving also to distinguish that event from the later French

PARIS – FRANCE , BEST OF PARIS 4K

Visiting Ybor City

Tampa Just a quick Drive from Orlando

In 1883 Tampa was an isolated village of about 700 people on the west coast of Florida and was rampant with diseases like Yellow Fever and Malaria and was only accessible by a few minor country roads—and of course a few boats into the bay.

Tampa FL 4k Bay Tour Travel Downtown Driving

Gavino Gutierrez Ybor City who was instrumental in bringing Vincent Martinez Ybor his cigar manufacturing business from Key West to an area east of Tampa which would become Ybor City 

Ybor City is still here today but it has become a center for visitors and locals alike for dining, shopping, drinking and seeing historical areas—-it also has a museum

Top things to do in Tampa Bay | Florida travel guide

And all of this was facilitated by Henry B. Plant who put a terminus for his Florida rail road here.  Plant would go on to construct the largest tourist resort in the world at that time here in Tampa—Tampa Bay Hotel.    

That  hotel–part of which is now a museum  (see pictures at top and bottom of this piece) is now part of University of Tampa

Busch Gardens 2020 Tampa, Florida | Full Complete Walkthrough Tour

Yes that city of Tampa did have a harbor and a great climate and it would go on to be the 3rd largest city in the state and allot of that growth was due to those  men I mentioned above and wasn’t hurt by that great deep harbor.  Oh and that port would be one of the largest and deepest in the country.

The Tampa RiverWalk, Florida | Full Walking Tour

Acropolis in Athens Greece Tour 4K

The major deities in Greek or Hellenic mythology are the twelve Olympians. They are: Zeus, the chief god; Poseidon, the god of the sea; Hades, the god of the underworld; Hestia, the goddess of the hearth; Hera, Zeus’ wife and protector of (married) women; Ares, the god of war; Athena, the goddess of battle and wisdom; Apollo, the sun-god and patron of music and poetry; Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love; Hermes, the messenger of the gods; Artemis, the goddess of the hunt; and Hephaestus, the lame god of fire and crafts

Ancient Greece in 18 minutes

 Route 66:  Running between Chicago and Los Angeles, “over two thousand miles all the way” in the words of the popular R&B anthem, this legendary old road passes through the heart of the United States on a diagonal trip that takes in some of the country’s most archetypal roadside scenes.

Russian Revolution

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$10,000 – $15,000

On Location: Palau (Full)

A group of islands hidden amid the vastness of the West Pacific Ocean, Palau’s ancient history dates back millennia. It lies north of Indonesia and east of the Philippines.  Consisting of 340 islands, Palau is situated in a vast volcanic region. Unlike some of the lesser-known countries on this list, this country is more tourist-friendly  Chiefs running the streets and their own postal service are just two of the many things that make Paulau a fascinating place.

At the End of the Rainbow (Palau Official Tourism Video)

www.ArtisticHandGalleryandstudio.com

HOW SOUND TECHNIQUES CAN IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH & WELL BEING

When much of the world went into lock down during the first wave of COVID-19, organisational psychologist Adam Grant told the World Vs Virus podcast that many of us would experience post-traumatic stress. But he held out hope that the experience might also help us achieve ‘post-traumatic growth’.

on the prowl facemask

The Ongoing Saga of Sutton Hoo